Runny Nose After Kissing Stripper Worried I Have HIV

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Kissing stripper's body

Hi there,I just want to start off by thanking you for what you do! I have been having some pretty sleepless nights and stressful days thinking about whether or not I may have contracted HIV from a stripper. I recently went out to a strip club (maybe...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your HIV-acquisition risk is nonexistent. Your problem is guilt and irrational fear of HIV, not HIV itself.Dr. Bob... Read more »

Stripper wiped vaginal juice under my nose! Please Help!

One stripper was manually stimulating the other with her finger. I was talking to my friend sitting... Read more »

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H. »

Dry , crusty runny nose for a month and dry mouth problem, is it a early hiv symptom

Hi, Last winter i was not able to breathe and had my throat was swollen showed the ent doctor who... Read more »

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Coryza (runny nose), cough, or nasal congestion

Posted by Anonymous

I hope this may help to resolve some of your fears, at least in part. This comes from "Challenges of the Acute Retroviral Syndrome" from "Infections in Medicine" by Jeffrey P. Nadler, MD: "Common symptoms include fever, malaise, adenopathy, sore... Read more »

stripper was hiv positive,,:(((

Posted by worriedman777, 1 Reply

hi
stipper was hiv+ later i came to know:(((((

32 days before i went to a strip club,there i went to private room.
In there the striper mausterbated me with her hands,those hands were wet with the vaginal fluid.
she also massage my penis tip... Read more »

Bloody Nose While Kissing

Posted by Sharpie, 1 Reply

Hello. I was recently kissing a guy and when I pulled back he noticed he had a bloody nose. His blood got on my face around the upper lip and nose area. While he says he is negative, I want to be sure if I should get tested or not. Is there a risk... Read more »

Freaking out: A stripper's nipple and a cracked stingy lip

Posted by spearo, 2 Replies

I was out of state and was drinking with a bunch of buddies. Of course we went to a strip club. I decided to get a lapdance - and my mouth came in contact with the stripper's breast a couple of times for a few seconds. Due to the arid region, I had... Read more »

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